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#1 srileo

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Posted 17 December 2015 - 06:52 PM

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Hello all,

Reporting a sad incident. Yesterday, my truck camper rolled back on a SanFrancisco incline without me in it, and went over a curb into a park and was stopped by a tree 20 feet downhill. The truck bed is twisted bad, axle whacked out, rear leaf spring broken. Miraculously for a San Francisco street, no one was hurt, no property damage other than a young tree that valiantly stopped the roll.  The FWC camper itself seems fine except for a busted door. All 4 hooks gave away. (more on that later). 

 

The truck has been recovered and safely towed away. Insurance has been notified, but no one has called me back yet. 

 

Here is the situations:

  1. The camper is still on the truck securely now - i reattached the tie down hooks. However, nothing can be done to the truck without taking the camper off. Whether the truck gets totaled or goes in for repair, the camper needs to come off. And therein lies the rub -can  any average auto body shop  get the camper off and store it while they repair the truck ?(san francisco space is premium).  Thoughts?
  2. I am thinking of having the truck+camper towed to FWC in Woodland (about 90 miles from here), and have them take off the camper for repair and storage while the fate of the truck is decided. 
  3. I do not have camper jacks - and do not want to buy them right now for this occasion. Even if i did, we don’t have space around the house to store the camper. 
  4. I do not have a spare truck or the intention to buy one to put the camper in. If the truck is totaled, most likely, we will repair the little damage on the camper and sell it off.

 

Somethings that I don’t know enough about:

  1. Both the truck and camper have Progressive insurance with collision - but I do not know whether the same adjuster can decide about the truck and the camper. Thoughts?
  2. Has anyone been in a situation like this? 

 

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Edited by srileo, 17 December 2015 - 07:03 PM.

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#2 Wandering Sagebrush

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Posted 17 December 2015 - 07:18 PM

EEEEK, not fun at all!   Sorry that happened to you.   

 

Maybe a local FWC owner could loan you a set of jacks to get the camper off the truck if you leave it in SF.   My best guess is to go with your instinct to have it all towed to Woodland, and if possible have a local shop there do the truck repair if it's not totaled.

 

Best of luck!!!

 

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Posted 17 December 2015 - 07:38 PM

Wow, so sorry. I like the idea of borrowing jacks since most of us don't travel with them on. But I live in Sonora, too far away to offer. But if that works you are welcome to them. 


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Posted 17 December 2015 - 08:38 PM

I'm in Canada but would have loaded you the jacks in a heart beat. I'm sure someone local would help you with that. Best of luck.


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Posted 17 December 2015 - 09:12 PM

Ouch, that sucks. I had a truck with camper (not an FWC) that rolled away on me. Sucked big time. You'd be welcome to borrow my jacks if you're coming through Sacramento. I think Woodland may be your best option.


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Posted 17 December 2015 - 10:09 PM

I wouldn't trust the camper with a local body shop as they will just not care that much about it. Spendy as it may be, I think getting it to woodland would be the best bet as they will actually show the camper some love. Sorry to hear about it though and best of luck with it.


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Posted 17 December 2015 - 10:31 PM

Ouch, that sucks. I had a truck with camper (not an FWC) that rolled away on me. Sucked big time. You'd be welcome to borrow my jacks if you're coming through Sacramento. I think Woodland may be your best option.

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Posted 17 December 2015 - 10:34 PM

We're really sorry to hear about your Titey, srileo.  I agree with others that the Woodland option seems like a good avenue to pursue.  Best of luck getting everything resolved to your satisfaction.

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Posted 17 December 2015 - 11:10 PM

Wow, glad no one was hurt and no other property damage. I can understand all of your questions and concerns about how all this will play out. Sure hope it goes much easier then you might imagine. Best of luck and please keep us informed on the outcome.


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Posted 18 December 2015 - 12:55 AM

Bummer!  The good news is that no one was injured, stuff can be replaced.

 

I agree that getting it to FWC would be your best option.  If not, renting cable jacks might be an option.

 

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